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Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Clickbait Doesn't Work Anymore, Stop Using It.. What We Are Doing Different In Marketing Than Our Competition, China Is Exposing US Brands

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Business, Marketing

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In episode #2959, Eric Siu and Neil Patel discuss the shift to quality content, using sub hooks for retention, and the value of authentic storytelling. They cover strategic networking, customer-focused strategy, and how consumer behavior shapes brand perception. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES (00:00) The Shift from Clickbait to Quality Content (02:57) The Importance of Retention and Sub Hooks (05:47) Creating Authentic and Valuable Content (09:07) Strategic Event Participation and Networking (12:05) Rethinking Marketing Strategies and Customer Focus (15:04) Consumer Behavior and Brand Perception Prefer single topic episodes? Head over to our YouTube channel. To suggest a topic, go to https://www.marketingschool.io. For more content from Eric and Neil, check out Eric’s Leveling Up with Eric Siu YouTube channel and Neil’s Neil Patel YouTube channel. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric's ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel, @ericosiu Instagram @neilpatel, @ericosiu Drop Us a Review If You Enjoyed the Episode!

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0:00.0

I've seen two things in the past, I would say 12 months, two things when it comes to content.

0:12.0

The first one being clickbait.

0:15.3

And if you look at most of the content that does well on the social web in today's world,

0:20.4

it's people who aren't leveraging clickbait.

0:23.3

But yet, when markers tend to create content, they all want to talk about like instant

0:30.0

gratification headlines and ones that just are so bomb-tastic, as I like calling them.

0:36.8

And I'll give you an example of this.

0:38.6

So I use some people that help me script out some of my social content.

0:44.4

And they create hooks for me.

0:45.9

And I'm going to have a conversation with them today.

0:48.0

And I just filmed eight videos yesterday.

0:51.6

And I was recording some of this content.

0:53.3

And let's say one of the videos was on

0:55.4

LinkedIn they would have subhooks and the reason we do subhooks is is if you look at

1:00.5

most of social platforms the number one factor on how well your content does is a

1:06.3

retention so the more people that watch the whole video the more likely they are to show everyone your content.

1:12.6

The problem that you end up finding is if you do a hook at the beginning,

1:16.6

you can draw people in, but after a minute or so,

1:20.6

people lose attention and they start leaving,

1:22.6

which is why you want to continually have subhooks.

1:25.6

So if you have a hook every minute,

1:28.6

just general rule of them, it doesn't have to be.

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